do not worry about images <br />leave it to the wise imagination of the reader <br />do not insult his powers <br />of extending the meaning of your ordinary language <br />beyond what you <br />are thinking or saying with utmost intention to drive your point <br /> <br />the poetry of indeterminacy <br />the meanings hidden in such plain words <br /> <br />as wolf and sheep <br />shepherd to this staff <br />river to stones <br />and clouds to rain and rain and rain and rain <br /> <br />and yes the trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrainnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, <br /> <br />do not be too concerned <br />with form, the form comes and takes the shape desire before your eyes <br />what i am driving at is that <br />ordinary language becomes too poetic when <br />you shake because it is a very cold rain pouring in your roof <br />and you have no one <br />and you have no other place to go and you cannot call him because <br />he is too busy with other <br />matters of equal importance <br /> <br />i could be him and you could be her, in this ordinary language of <br />disappointments <br />why we met and why we regret the meeting and union <br /> <br />oh, why speak about something too poetic when ordinary language <br />can be so poetic <br />about pain, and hypocrisy, and mendicancy <br /> <br />of emotions, She herself is one of the few constant <br />features <br /> <br /> on that landscape. <br /> <br />Wary, as always, <br />of holistic paradigms for the literary history <br /> <br />of poetry <br /> <br /> <br />dynamic, interactive condition of experimental poetry today <br /> <br />i cannot think <br />of any other recommendation, <br /> <br />Christian Boltanski's simulated documentaries, <br />I cannot think of a better introduction <br /> to contemporary <br /> <br />poetry, this, oh, <br /> <br />so you understand a thing? <br /> <br />alright, how do you do?<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-ordinary-language-becomes-poetic/
